2000 Miles The Pretenders
Date: Mon, 25 Dec 1995 17:03:56 -0500 (EST)
From: Len Moskowitz
Subject: Re: TAB: 2000 Miles (Pretenders)
> 2000 Miles
> The Pretenders
(1983)
(This whole song should be played on a Rickenbacker 12-string or per
"The Isle of View" on an acoustic 12-string! -- LM)
> The intro lick, that also continues through most of the song,
> goes like this:
>
>
> e ---------2-3- -0-------2-3- > b -3----------- ---3--------- > G ---0--------- -----2------- > D -----0------- ------------- > A ------------- ------------- > E ------------- -------------
Try this instead -- let the bass notes ring. Note that the timing is
triplets:
t t t t t t t t t t t t
e --------2-3-0-------2-3- 4 b 3-------------3--------- - G --0-------------0------- 4 D ----0------------------- A ------------3-----0----- E 3-----3-----------------
> Then right before the first verse:
>
> e ------------- > b -3p1-0------- > G -------2-0--- > D -----------4- > A ------------- > E -------------
VERSE 1
>
> G C(add9) Dsus2/A G
> He's gone[Dsus4] [D]
>
> C(add9) Dsus2/A G
> Two thousand miles[Dsus4] [D]
>
> C(add9) Dsus2/A G C(add9) Dsus2/A
> Is very far
>
> The snow was falling down
> It's colder day by day
> I miss you
> C(add9) D
C(add9)1 D ; C(add9)1 = x32030
> The children were singing
> C(add9) D G C(add9) Dsus2/A etc.
> He'll be back at Christmas time
>
VERSE 2
> In these frozen silent nights
> Sometimes in a dream
> You appear
>
> Outside under the purple sky
> Diamonds in the snow
> Sparkle
>
> Our hearts were singing
> It felt like Christmas time
>
> (The lick at through this next part goes something like this:)
>
> e -----3------- ------------- > b ---3--------- -----1-----3- > G -0----------- ---0-----2--- > D ---------4-0- -2-----4----- > A ------------- ------------- > E ------------- -------------
BRIDGE
> G C(add9) Dsus2 G
> Two thousand miles
>
> C(add9) Dsus2 G
> Is very far through the snow
>
> C(add9) Dsus2 G
> I'll think of you
>
> C(add9) Dsus2 C(add9) Dsus2
> Wherever you go
>
> e ------------- > b -3p1-0------- > G -------2-0--- > D -----------4- > A ------------- > E -------------
>
VERSE 3
> He's gone
> Two thousand miles
> Is very far
>
> The snow was falling down
> It's colder day by day
> I miss you
>
> I can hear people singing
> It must be Christmas time
>
> I hear people singing
> It must be Christmas time
>
>
> G: 320033
> C(add9): x32033
> Dsus2/A: x00230
D: x00232
Dsus4: x00233
C(add9)1: x32030
> Suggestions and corrections welcomed as always--
Same here!
> Eric Pohl
> eric@is.net
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